Impacts of river bank stabilization using riprap on fish habitat in two contrasting environments          下载免费PDF全文

William Massey  Pascale M. Biron  Guénolé Choné 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2017,42(4):635-646

Riverbank stabilization using rock riprap is commonly used for protecting road and bridge structures from fluvial erosion. However, little is known about how streams adjust to such perturbation or how this can affect fish habitat in different fluvial environments, particularly for non‐salmonid species in small streams. The objective of this study is to assess impacts of riprap on fish habitat quantity and quality through a pairwise comparison of 27 stabilized and non‐stabilized stream reaches in two physiographic regions, the Saint Lawrence Lowlands and the Appalachian highlands of Montérégie‐Est (Quebec, Canada). Both quantitative (Hydro‐morphological Index of Diversity, HMID) and qualitative (Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index, QHEI) fish habitat assessment techniques are applied in order to compare results between methods. For each stream reach depth and velocity were measured to calculate HMID. In‐stream cover (woody debris, overhanging vegetation, undercut banks, aquatic macrophytes) and habitat units (pools, riffles, runs, glides) were also documented and used to determine QHEI. Results show that overall bank stabilization using riprap at bridge and stream crossings alters fish habitat characteristics. Loss of in‐stream covers and riparian vegetation lower QHEI scores at stabilized reaches, especially in more pristine Appalachian streams, but has less impact on already altered straightened Lowlands streams. In this latter context, some positive alterations of fish habitat were observed in riprapped reaches due to the coarsening of the substrate and an induced increase of slope. The two metrics (HMID and QHEI) revealed similar differences between stabilized and non‐stabilized sites for Lowlands sites, but their level of agreement was much less in the Appalachian streams, suggesting caution when interpreting habitat quality results based on a single metric. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

山东地区流动重力历史资料清理综述     

陆汉鹏  郝洪涛  吕子强 《国际地震动态》2012,(10):15-22

系统地清理了山东测区1991年以来采用LCR-G型重力仪观测的21期历史资料,并对每期采用改建后的LGADJ数据处理软件进行单期平差、多期整体平差计算,查找历史资料出现的问题,最后对历史资料的异常点位识别和重力变化计算进行统计分析,为最后进行华北地区统一平差计算及统一入库提供有力保障。  相似文献